All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost ...

Japan will release another 200,000 metric tons of rice from its emergency stockpile to tackle a doubling of prices since last ...

Japan said on Friday that "all options" were being considered to stabilise rice prices, including the use of up to 100,000 ...

Government leaders in Japan released emergency rice supplies as rising prices and poor harvest increase political pressure.

The shortage has continued to bite despite the government releasing 300,000 tons of rice from its strategic reserve three ...

To solve the problem of soaring rice prices, Japan’s turning to a classic retailer’s playbook: rebranding the old as “vintage ...

Japan's farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has returned to the political spotlight by launching a push to lower rice prices amid ...

SANJO, Japan - All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row ...

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The top “Koshihikari” brand now sells for nearly 5,000 yen ($35) per 5 kilograms. Rice stocks at Japan Agricultural ...

A survey in Japan found that salmon was the most popular filling for onigiri rice balls, ahead of tuna mayonnaise and spicy pollock roe.

At a game center in this eastern Japan city near Tokyo, children try to win prizes in a crane game. But here, the winnings ...